How do you guys feel about the new SAT?

@bucketDad Thanks to the release of the scoring curve for SAT Tests #5 and #6 (the Saturday and Sunday versions of the May SAT), we can take a closer look at what that 1510 really means. Depending on the distribution of scores, your daughter could have answered as many as 8 questions wrong out of 154 (95% correct). That’s still a great score, but yes it could be a little better (it corresponds to a 1470 on the old 1600-point SAT). I would shoot for at least 97% correct if possible (mid-1500s), which is about 4-5 questions wrong total. Depending on the curve of that particular test, that should do the trick.

Another way to think about it: 95% correct (low 1500s) is an A, and 97%+ correct (mid-to-high 1500s) is an A-plus.

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